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Penn State’s Jahan Dotson named to Biletnikoff Award watch list

Another day, another award watch list for Penn State wide receiver Jahan Dotson.

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Another day, another watch list for Penn State wide receiver Jahan Dotson. While Dotson was representing Penn State at Big Ten media day in Indianapolis, he was named to the watch list for the Biletnikoff Award by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation.

Dotson was the Big Ten’s leading receiver in receiving yardage with 884 yards in nine games during the 2020 season. He also led the Big Ten with eight touchdowns. It is worth noting Dotson also played in more games than most receivers around the Big Ten, but he was third in the conference in average receiving yards per game (98.2) and he was among the Big Ten’s leaders in average yards per reception (17.0).

The Biletnikoff Award is awarded to college football’s top receiver, which is defined as any player who catches a pass and is not restricted to just wide receivers. This is a relatively new expansion of the criteria for the award. Of course, no player playing a position other than wide receiver has been able to take home the Biletnikoff Award yet.

Last year’s Biletnikoff Award winner was DeVonta Smith of Alabama, who also won the Heisman Trophy and went on to be a first-round draft pick of the Philadelphia Eagles.

Dotson will look to bring the Biletnikoff Award back to Happy Valley for the first time since the award was originally presented to former Nittany Lion Bobby Engram in 1994.

You can check out the entire Biletnikoff Award watch list here. Players can be added to the watch list as the season progresses.

Dotson was previously named to the watch list for the Maxwell Award for the nation’s top college football player.

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Penn State’s top 22 all-time receiving touchdown leaders

Bobby Engram leads a select group of Penn State receivers who found the end zone more than others.

Penn State may not be known as Wide Receiver U. However, that does not mean the Nittany Lions have not seen their share of receivers and backs who knew what to do when the ball was thrown their way. What players have caught the most touchdown passes in Penn State history?

Penn State’s all-time leading receiver named in top 50 of last 50 years by ESPN

Penn State’s all-time leading receiver was among ESPN’s list of the top 50 wide receivers of the past 50 seasons.

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This upcoming season will see Jahan Dotson primed and ready to rocket up the all-time leading receiver list at Penn State. But climbing up all the way to the top spot on the list appears to be firmly out of reach. The leader in the all-time Penn State record book is Bobby Engram, the school’s only 3,000-career yard receiver in program history.

ESPN’s Bill Connelly recently put together his list of the top 50 college football wide receivers over the past 50 years. Perhaps not too surprisingly, Engram makes an appearance on the list. Engram was ranked No. 13 on the list, which is a very impressive ranking given some of the other names on the list.

Connelly noted Engram put together an impressive career despite playing in an offense that featured Ki-Jana Carter at running back in 1993 and 1994. Here’s what Connelly had to say about Engram;

There weren’t that many touches to go around for the Penn State receiving corps in 1994, not with RB Ki-Jana Carter rushing for 1,539 yards. But Engram made the most of his chances, needing only 52 catches to gain 1,029 yards that year as PSU fielded its most perfect offense in school history. Then he topped himself with 1,084 yards the next season.

Engram was ranked just ahead of LSU’s recent star receiver Ja’Marr Chase and just behind former Florida State receiver Peter Warrick. Marshall’s Randy Moss topped the list, followed by Pittsburgh’s Larry Fitzgerald and Alabama’s DeVonta Smith (who just won the Heisman Trophy last season).

As for Dotson, Penn State’s current leading wide receiver enters the 2021 season ranked 17th on Penn State’s all-time leading receivers list with 1,575 yards. A mere 1,000-yard season would put Dotson just ahead of Allen Robinson at No. 4 on the list. Dotson would need a school-record 1,451 receiving yards to catch Engram, which would make him the school’s second 3,000-yard receiver.

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Jahan Dotson moving his way up list of Penn State’s all-time leading receivers

Penn State wide receiver Jahan Dotson is projected to finish in the top 10 among Penn State’s all-time leading receivers.

Penn State wide receiver has commented on how he wants to be a legend like Saqon Barkley before he leaves the Nittany Lions. One step toward becoming a legend would be to move his way up the list of Penn State’s all-time leading receivers with one final and full season in 2021.

Dotson will begin the 2021 season already in the top 20 in the Penn State record books for most career receiving yards. Dotson is 17th on the all-time list at Penn State, just behind his former teammate KJ Hamler. Dotson would have to turn in a record-setting single-season performance for Penn State to climb to the top of the list, as he is 1,451 receiving yards away from the Penn State career record of 3,026 yards held by Bobby Engram. Allen Robinson holds the single-season receiving record with 1,432 yards in 2013.

With Dotson setting his own personal goal to leave Penn State with legendary status, here is a look at the top 20 players in Penn State history with the most career receiving yards.

8 Seahawks among nominees for College Football Hall of Fame

Ken Norton, Jr. and a bevy of Seahawks, including Steve Hutchinson and Bobby Engram, are eligible for the College Football Hall of Fame.

The nominees for the College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 have been announced, with 99 Division 1 football players – including seven former Seattle Seahawks and one current coach – all on the ballot.

Defensive coordinator Ken Norton, Jr., who played his college ball at UCLA, is on the ballot, along with seven former Seattle players: receiver Bobby Engram, defensive end Dwight Freeney, guard Robert Gallery, receiver Mike Hass, guard Steve Hutchinson, kicker Sebastian Janikowski and running back C.J. Spiller.

Engram starred for the Seahawks from 2001-2008, hauling in 399 receptions for 4,859 yards and 18 touchdowns, making him among the most prolific receivers in franchise history. He played his college ball at Penn State and won the Biletnikoff Award as the nation’s best receiver in 1994.

Freeney was a seven time Pro Bowl defensive end who finished his prolific NFL career with 125.5 career sacks, good for 18th all time. He finished his career with the Seahawks in 2017, appearing in four games and totaling three sacks and a pass defended. He starred at Syracuse and remains the NCAA leader in sacks per game, at 1.61.

Gallery concluded his eight-year NFL career by starting 12 games at left guard for the Seahawks in 2011. While at Iowa, Gallery was a first team All-American and winner of the Outland Trophy in 2003, awarded to the nation’s best interior offensive lineman.

Despite winning the Biletnikoff Award in 2005 as a member of the Oregon State Beavers, Hass only appeared in two games in his NFL career. One of them was with the Seahawks in 2009.

Hutchinson is already a Pro Football Hall of Famer, having gained induction in 2020. He starred at left guard for the Seahawks from 2001-2005, making three Pro Bowls in that time. He was an excellent guard in college at Michigan as well, earning All-American honors in 2000.

Perhaps the only time a first round kicker has paid off, the Raiders selected Janikowski in 2000 and he went on to kick for them for nearly two decades, finishing his career with the Seahawks in 2018. He was a two-time All-American and the only ever two-time winner of the Lou Groza Award, given to the nation’s best kicker, while at Florida State.

Finally, Spiller appeared in two games for the Seahawks in 2016, carrying the ball three times and hauling in five receptions for a touchdown. Spiller was a star running back and kick returner at Clemson, and his 7,588 all-purpose yards is fourth in NCAA history.

In order to be eligible, a player must have been a first team All-American and have been done playing college football for 10 full seasons.

The ballot has been sent to the National Football Foundation (NFF) board, who will deliberate and eventually announce the new inductees in early 2021.

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James Urban, Bobby Engram pulled out of Eagles coaching searches

The Ravens appear as though they’ll keep their coaching staff this offseason after James Urban and Bobby Engram turned down the Eagles.

It appears as though the band is sticking together for another year.

After a spectacular 14-2 season, many expected the Baltimore Ravens’ coaching staff was going to be poached. And though several coordinators and coaches did interview elsewhere, no one left.

A few days after it was announced the Philadelphia Eagles had interest in quarterbacks coach James Urban as their offensive coordinator and tight ends coach Bobby Engram as their wide receivers coach, Ravens coach John Harbaugh said both had turned down the offers in spite of being granted permission to interview.

While things could certainly still change this offseason, it appears as though the entire coaching staff will remain untouched for 2020. That’s a huge bonus for Baltimore who saw their offense break a 41-year old rushing record; quarterback Lamar Jackson set the league on fire while shattering several records and being the leading candidate for the NFL’s MVP award; and a defense that turned around in dramatic fashion to be one of the best units in the league by the end of the season.

Urban was brought on shortly before the Ravens selected Jackson with the No. 32 pick in the 2018 NFL draft. Jackson has since seen dramatic improvements as a passer, ultimately leading the NFL in touchdown passes this season.

Engram has been with the team since 2014 but was moved from wide receivers coach to tight ends coach last offseason. Tight ends Mark Andrews, Nick Boyle and Hayden Hurst all had career seasons receiving the football and look to be the best unit in the league entering 2020.

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Eagles lose out on possible coaching additions as James Urban, Bobby Engram stay with the Ravens

James Urban, Bobby Engram to remain on Ravens coaching staff

The Philadelphia Eagles have openings for two offensive positions but according to Aaron Kasinitz via John Harbaugh, two Baltimore candidates have pulled their names and will remain with the Ravens.

Urban and Engram have both been linked to the Eagles over the past week, but the stability and success of the Raven’s programs seemed like too much for both coaches to pass up at this time.

Urban played a huge part in Lamar Jackson’s emergence in Baltimore and Michael Vick’s career resurrection when he joined the Eagles after getting out of prison.

Engram expressed interest in the Eagles wide receivers coaching job but has since reversed course.

Ex-NFL WR’s Hines Ward and Bobby Engram intersted in coaching job with the Eagles

Hines Ward and Bobby Engram intersted in job as Eagles WR coach

Two former great NFL wide receivers have an interest in sharing all of their knowledge and wisdom with the current group of Eagles skill players.

Paul Domowitch of the Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting that former Steelers legend Hines Ward and former Penn State star and Bears wide receiver, Bobby Engram, have interest in the job vacated by Carson Walch.

Ward, 44, who played 14 years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, just finished his first season as an offensive assistant with the Jets.

Engram, 47, who also had a 14-year NFL playing career, has been an assistant on John Harbaugh’s staff in Baltimore for the last five years. He spent the first four coaching the team’s wide receivers and took over the tight ends this season when Harbaugh brought in former Eagles assistant David Culley to coach the Ravens’ wideouts.

The Eagles will need permission to interview Ward, who is under contract with the Jets and Engram, who is currently under contract with the Ravens.

The Birds will be hiring their fifth wide receivers coach in as many years.

Seahawks receiver Tyler Lockett crosses 1,000 yards receiving

Seattle Seahawks receiver Tyler Lockett’s 12-yard reception in the fourth quarter pushed him over 1,000 yards receiving this season.

Fans will be forgiven if they didn’t notice Tyler Lockett’s milestone catch in the fourth quarter on Sunday night against the Arizona Cardinals.

In fact, fans can’t be blamed for not noticing Lockett at all on Sunday, as the 12-yard reception was his only catch of the game, which resulted in a disappointing 27-13 loss.

However, Lockett’s catch took him from 994 receiving yards on the year to 1,006 yards, giving him the first 1,000 yard season of his career and the 23rd in Seahawks franchise history.

Lockett joins seven other receivers; Steve Largent, Joey Galloway, Doug Baldwin, Darrell Jackson, Brian Blades, Koren Robinson and Bobby Engram, who have crossed 1,000 yards in a single-season while with the Seahawks.

Lockett reset his career-high of 965 yards, set in 2018, during the team’s Week 15 win over Carolina. Now, he joins the elusive 1,000 yard club – and while it didn’t come in a particularly impressive performance, it is a testament to how important he has been to this Seattle offense in 2019.

The Seahawks will no doubt need Lockett on his A-game next Sunday, when they take on the 49ers in Seattle without Chris Carson and C.J. Prosise, who will both be out for the rest of the season.

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